"To reverse the Shakespearean maxim, now has our glorious bratsummerbecome a winter of discontent via the wuthering winds of Yorkshire. As seen, that is, in Emerald Fennell's new loose film adaptation of Emily Brontë's gothic romance Wuthering Heights, and as heard on the very moody but likeable new Charli XCX album of the same name. While it partly is a soundtrack to the movie, this short collection of angst-ridden love-and-loss songs is also meant to stand alone as the U.K. singer's latest release."
"Charli XCX arrives at this phase of her career with a very particular dilemma, having been the pop-demimonde's alternative auteur since her late teens and then finally becoming famous-famous in her early 30s. She's now at risk of being washed, of her long-cultivated cool turning to cringe after Brat became a brand, an overexposed iconography-the color, the font, the celeb feuds and reconciliations, all prone to overshadowing the music."
Charli XCX released a short collection of angst-ridden love-and-loss songs that partly functions as a soundtrack to Emerald Fennell's loose film adaptation of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights and also stands alone as her new release. The album adopts moody, gothic textures and emphasizes themes of doomed love, emotional tension, and atmospheric melancholy. The singer faces a career dilemma as long-cultivated alternative credibility collides with mainstream fame, creating risks of her aesthetic becoming overexposed branding. Public overexposure and a politically charged tweet intensified perceptions of celebrity entanglement, prompting a shift from cathartic party anthems to introspective moods.
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